Woman found dead in Parsippany restaurant identified

A 42-year-old township resident has been charged with fatally stabbing his wife in a Lake Hiawatha restaurant.

Jiu Jian Zheng, 42, has been charged with first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose for allgedly killing his wife, 34-year-old Yun Fei Lin.

Parsippany police received a 9-1-1 call from a Japanese restaurant, Kazumi Sushi, at 81 North Beverwyck Road in Parsippany, at 11:41 p.m. on Friday. Officers arriving on the scene found Lin dead inside the restaurant, according to a statement released by Morris County Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi and Parsippany-Troy Hill Police Chief Anthony DeZenzo.

The Morris County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit, Morris County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Section, Morris County Medical Examiner's Office, Morris County Department of Law & Public Safety, Morris County Office of Emergency Management all responded to the scene and Zheng was taken into custody at the time, the statement said.

An autopsy was performed on Lin by Morris County Deputy Medical Examiner Dr. Carlos Fonseca, who determined that the cause of death was accute exanguination due to multiple stab wounds.

Bail for Zheng was set at $1 million by Superior Court Judge Philip Maenza and Zheng was taken to the Morris County Correctional Facility on lieu of bail.

The investigation is ongoing anyone that has information is asked to contact the Parsippany Troy-Hills Police Department at (973) 263-4300, Morris County Prosecutor's Office at (973) 285-2900 or the Morris County Sheriff's Office Crime Stopper Program.

North Beverwyck Road, which was closed overnight and into today because of the investigation, is open again.

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Woman found dead in Parsippany restaurant identified

A 42-year-old township resident has been charged with fatally stabbing his wife in a Lake Hiawatha restaurant.

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